1965 Qui Nhon hotel bombing

The 1965 Qui Nhon hotel bombing was a terrorist attack carried out by Viet Cong insurgents against the US Army during the Vietnam War.

In retaliation for the United States' Operation Flaming Dart air raids on North Vietnam, the Viet Cong decided to launch an attack on the Viet Cuong Hotel in Qui Nhon, where 60 US maintenance men from the 140th Transportation Detachment were billeted. At 8:05 PM, the Viet Cong began their assault on the hotel, and 2 Viet Cong guerrillas were killed by machine-gun fire from a US sentry on the roof. The Viet Cong then killed the South Vietnamese guards posted outside the hotel and planted satchel charges at the main door, blowing it open. They then placed a 100-pound plastic charge next to the staircase and detonated it, destroying the main structural support for the building and causing it to collapse. 21 US maintenance men were killed, while 2 other soldiers and 7 civilians were killed. The bombing resulted in a second round of Flaming Dart airstrikes, and all American dependents in South Vietnam were returned to the US in preparation for increased US military involvement in the war.